Area: Andalusia, Atlantic coastline.

I live with my 3 children in a beautiful spot on the Atlantic Coast of Andalusia. We are looking for help in and around the house: gardening, cleaning, driving service, odd jobs... The children are 14, 11 and 8 years old.

Area: Tuscany

I am an English sculptress looking to start a gallery with other artists out here. I need duplicates of my work. I live in a big, restored, stone villa in Tuscany, part of which is used for summer rental, and look after my very elderly mother. This is a beautiful, rural area which offers escape from the pressures of modern life. It is central and well-placed for trips to famous historic centres, but use of public transport is risky. You need to have special skills or be Italian to master the bus timetable. Apart from a sculpture technician it is a good workaway situation for retired couples or a self -sufficient, handy man -type person from Europe, travelling by car. It is really not a comfortable place for student backpackers. The restoration of the farm buildings and the making of a garden on a steep slope, has been a 20 yr project, so , while there is still work to do, the maintenance is piling up. During the winter months it is good to have helpful friends around with plenty of interests and skills to share. A retired architect couple stayed here from Jan to June 2009 and we had a great exchange. They liked the area so much that they are now working to move here so are unavailable for 2010.

Area: Massa D Carrara Tuscany

I am a writer and storyteller born in Scotland but have spent a great deal of time in Italy and I am currently living my lifelong dream of restoring a lovely old Tuscan villa and am looking for volunteers to help in exchange for full bed and board. I am hoping to be totally self sufficient here in my little homestead and to create an eco friendly food garden. I hope in the future to be able to host workshops here and enjoy visits from my very large and very busy family and group of friends. This is a beautiful part of Tuscany, in the mountains, surrounded by chestnut forests and rivers but close enough to the beach and skiing resorts (40 mins) to offer the best of all worlds. 15 mins from the fabulous medieval (and market) town of Pontremoli and just over an hour from Pisa, under 2 hours from Parma, Milan, Florence, Bologna and many other beautiful cities. It has everything including cheap and frequent flights to and from Pisa!

Area: NRW

Hi, we are a group of six people living and working on an organic farm. The farm is located in western Germany near the cities Cologne (about 40 km), Düsseldorf (30 km) and Wuppertal (10 km). We are on this farm since February 2010. Quite fresh but very exiting starting this proect together! On our farm there are some chicken, 20 cows, 20 pigs, 3 donkey. From spring on we will plant vegetables, too. We are selling our products by our own delivery service and in a cafe located on the farm.

Area: Conil, Cadiz

We are a Belgian /Spanish family (Me , Isabe, Lionel 15 and Pablo 10 yaers old ) living next of Conil, (Cadiz) in a little forest , next of beautifull beaches! I rent 4 houses and give pilates clases in a wooden-studio in the garden.